Q&A for How to Make Unleavened Bread

Yes, tortillas are a type of unleavened bread. The term “unleavened bread” refers to any type of bread that doesn’t include raising agents, like yeast or baking powder.

At minimum, you can make unleavened bread with some sort of flour and water. Flour can be made from a variety of different grains and other plant materials, such as wheat, oats, or corn.

The bread would have been baked in a clay oven, shaped somewhat like a beehive, with an opening at the top. A simple flatbread would have been made with stone-ground emmer wheat flour and a little bit of water. The flattened pieces of dough would then be stuck directly to the inner walls of the oven to cook. Some recipes call for the bread to be fried in oil instead.

No. This bread has eggs in it. Classic Biblical unleavened bread did not have eggs, and honey is actually a leavening agent, so do not add honey.

Back then, the flour was ground by hand and sieved. People may have used water, salt, and oil to make it.

Yes, Jewish rye bread can be used as flatbread.

You can't, because you would need flour and salt in addition to the water and corn starch for the consistency of the bread to be correct.

If it was a flat bread, then it's unleavened bread. A lot of bread recipes can be made without yeast.

This recipe makes enough to feed at least four people, but it ultimately depends on serving size.